Sloan, NY 14215 Frost Dates
Sloan, NY: when does the frost end?
Around 04/24 is the usual last spring frost, about 239 days away. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/26, roughly 183 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Sloan in Zone 6b (-5 to 0°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 8 weeks until Sloan's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
Why 04/24 isn't a guarantee
04/24 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 04/11 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 05/09 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Sloan against the rest of the dataset
Sloan's growing season runs about 183 days, ranking 23,858 of 40,283 US ZIP codes measured here, longest to shortest. Within NY, it ranks 506 of 1,951.
Learn more
Before leaning on 14215's figures: local microclimates explains what one yard in Sloan can differ from the 14215 normal, while zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6b and Sloan's frost date answer different questions.